Non-prog bands with lots of mellotron

As a mellotron fan, I'm also looking for bands who are not prog, but use the mellotron a lot.

Though I created the topic in the proto-prog section, it can also be contemporary bands.

If you know a band who recorded one particular album with lots of mellotron, please mention those album(s).

Thanks very much in advance!

One album which I'm going to check out is "Odessey and Oracle" by The Zombies. I also read that Barclay James Harvest used mellotron, maybe somebody can tell me which of their albums is most interesting in mellotron terms.


Edited by Skalla-Grim - August 11 2015 at 12:10

Check out the Kantner/Slick/Freiberg album entitled - Baron Von Tollbooth And The Chrome Nun !! It's from 1973, and is a sort of transitional album between Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship. Freiberg uses quite a bit of 'tron. Great album.

Red a the question wrong sorry

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - August 11 2015 at 14:42

^ This is true !!

I thought it was against the law for non prog bands to use mellotron...?

The first Lynyrd Skynyrd album has some prominent Mellotron courtesy of produce Al Kooper.
Lots of old Motown and other RnB and pop artists used Mellotron instead of strings, they often disguised the tron with lots of reverb. A friend of mine worked on Isaac Hayes' Mellotron, Hayes of course produced hundreds of RnB and pop songs over the years.

Meltdowner wrote: It's strange, I've been listening to a lot of Mellotron on the radio lately, some bland Pop tracks that I don't pay much attention... until I hear the Tron